SC State relents, decides to pick new commencement speaker after Evette backlash
The naming of Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette to be the commencement speaker led to student protests at the HBCU. Amid the protests, Evette called the demonstrators a “woke mob.”
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Apr 29, 2026
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The naming of Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette to be the commencement speaker led to student protests at the HBCU. Amid the protests, Evette called the demonstrators a “woke mob.”
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